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Kermit's Swamp Years

Kermit's Swamp Years

Fantasy · Family · Comedy · 2002

At 12 years old, Kermit the Frog and best friends Goggles and Croaker travel outside their homes in the swamps of the Deep South to do something extraordinary with their lives.

Movie details

Kermit's Swamp Years

“His true story, warts and all.”

2002 Fantasy · Family · Comedy 1h 22m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

5.3 / 10

1.6K votes

TMDB

5.8 / 10

Community rating

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At 12 years old, Kermit the Frog and best friends Goggles and Croaker travel outside their homes in the swamps of the Deep South to do something extraordinary with their lives.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over Kermit's Swamp Years?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

David Gumpel

Written by

Jim Lewis · Joey Mazzarino

Steve Whitmire

Steve Whitmire

Kermit the Frog / Jack Rabbit / Chico (voice)

Bill Barretta

Bill Barretta

Croaker / Horace D' Fly / Roy the Frog / Turtle #2 (voice)

Joey Mazzarino

Joey Mazzarino

Goggles / Turtle #1 (voice)

Alice Dinnean

Alice Dinnean

Pilgrim / Vicki / Kermit's Mom

John E. Kennedy

John E. Kennedy

Blotch / Arnie the Alligator / Monkey (voice)

Dave Goelz

Dave Goelz

Waldorf (voice)

Jerry Nelson

Jerry Nelson

Statler (voice)

Court is in session

Put Kermit's Swamp Years on trial.

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The defence The Popcorn Loyalist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Big-Idea Head

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.